Winter storm “Alexa” sweeps across Middle East, affecting #refugees
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Syrian refugees Zeynab, right, and her brother Ali beg for money on December 12, 2013 in Istanbul. (Photo: AFP - Bulent Kilic)
A strong winter storm brought severe weather to the Middle East Thursday, forcing the closure of roads and schools and blanketing already miserable Syrian refugee camps with snow. The nearly three-year-old conflict in #syria has killed an estimated 120,000 people and displaced millions of others, including more than two million who have fled across the borders and thousands who are living in makeshift camps. read more